How popular is “Christopher” in the USA?
Number of people named “Christopher” by birth year
This chart shows how many people named “Christopher” were born each year.
Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.
Popularity of “Christopher” by birth year
This chart shows how the popularity of “Christopher” has changed over time.
Popularity is the number of people named “Christopher” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.
Bias in sex for “Christopher” by birth year
This chart shows how “Christopher” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).
Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.
The raw data
This table shows the data used in the above charts.
| Year | Count | Proportion | Females | Males | Bias toward female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 95 | 0.000471501 | 95 | -100% | |
| 1881 | 68 | 0.000352902 | 68 | -100% | |
| 1882 | 89 | 0.000401746 | 89 | -100% | |
| 1883 | 89 | 0.00041024 | 89 | -100% | |
| 1884 | 68 | 0.000279306 | 68 | -100% | |
| 1885 | 71 | 0.000294784 | 71 | -100% | |
| 1886 | 66 | 0.000258503 | 66 | -100% | |
| 1887 | 56 | 0.000226361 | 56 | -100% | |
| 1888 | 79 | 0.000263796 | 79 | -100% | |
| 1889 | 71 | 0.000245721 | 71 | -100% | |
| 1890 | 66 | 0.000218977 | 66 | -100% | |
| 1891 | 62 | 0.000216274 | 62 | -100% | |
| 1892 | 100 | 0.000299066 | 100 | -100% | |
| 1893 | 93 | 0.000285958 | 93 | -100% | |
| 1894 | 72 | 0.000212584 | 72 | -100% | |
| 1895 | 60 | 0.00017093 | 60 | -100% | |
| 1896 | 73 | 0.000204205 | 73 | -100% | |
| 1897 | 57 | 0.000164285 | 57 | -100% | |
| 1898 | 43 | 0.000112726 | 43 | -100% | |
| 1899 | 42 | 0.000123808 | 42 | -100% | |
| 1900 | 55 | 0.000122152 | 55 | -100% | |
| 1901 | 34 | 0.000098319 | 34 | -100% | |
| 1902 | 47 | 0.000121531 | 47 | -100% | |
| 1903 | 50 | 0.000131165 | 50 | -100% | |
| 1904 | 43 | 0.000106571 | 43 | -100% | |
| 1905 | 50 | 0.000117946 | 50 | -100% | |
| 1906 | 49 | 0.000114365 | 49 | -100% | |
| 1907 | 52 | 0.000111734 | 52 | -100% | |
| 1908 | 54 | 0.000110509 | 54 | -100% | |
| 1909 | 50 | 0.000097804 | 50 | -100% | |
| 1910 | 70 | 0.000118501 | 70 | -100% | |
| 1911 | 83 | 0.000128826 | 83 | -100% | |
| 1912 | 151 | 0.000152824 | 151 | -100% | |
| 1913 | 157 | 0.000138069 | 157 | -100% | |
| 1914 | 200 | 0.000141209 | 200 | -100% | |
| 1915 | 242 | 0.000132065 | 242 | -100% | |
| 1916 | 260 | 0.000134407 | 260 | -100% | |
| 1917 | 263 | 0.000131058 | 263 | -100% | |
| 1918 | 272 | 0.000125281 | 272 | -100% | |
| 1919 | 262 | 0.000124156 | 262 | -100% | |
| 1920 | 293 | 0.000129495 | 293 | -100% | |
| 1921 | 291 | 0.000124652 | 291 | -100% | |
| 1922 | 307 | 0.000134111 | 307 | -100% | |
| 1923 | 294 | 0.000127688 | 294 | -100% | |
| 1924 | 297 | 0.000124706 | 297 | -100% | |
| 1925 | 286 | 0.000122573 | 286 | -100% | |
| 1926 | 270 | 0.000117601 | 270 | -100% | |
| 1927 | 285 | 0.000122879 | 285 | -100% | |
| 1928 | 266 | 0.00011765 | 266 | -100% | |
| 1929 | 273 | 0.000124535 | 273 | -100% | |
| 1930 | 267 | 0.000120092 | 267 | -100% | |
| 1931 | 237 | 0.000112622 | 237 | -100% | |
| 1932 | 244 | 0.000115569 | 244 | -100% | |
| 1933 | 205 | 0.000102528 | 205 | -100% | |
| 1934 | 271 | 0.000130488 | 271 | -100% | |
| 1935 | 269 | 0.000128714 | 269 | -100% | |
| 1936 | 277 | 0.000133328 | 277 | -100% | |
| 1937 | 294 | 0.000137985 | 294 | -100% | |
| 1938 | 316 | 0.00014282 | 8 | 308 | -95% |
| 1939 | 364 | 0.000165196 | 5 | 359 | -97% |
| 1940 | 506 | 0.000219743 | 7 | 499 | -97% |
| 1941 | 625 | 0.000256523 | 7 | 618 | -98% |
| 1942 | 830 | 0.000303827 | 17 | 813 | -96% |
| 1943 | 903 | 0.000319922 | 15 | 888 | -97% |
| 1944 | 1011 | 0.000375825 | 10 | 1001 | -98% |
| 1945 | 1165 | 0.00043914 | 27 | 1138 | -95% |
| 1946 | 1620 | 0.000506994 | 21 | 1599 | -97% |
| 1947 | 2303 | 0.00063931 | 30 | 2273 | -97% |
| 1948 | 3072 | 0.000889785 | 35 | 3037 | -98% |
| 1949 | 4029 | 0.001156172 | 30 | 3999 | -99% |
| 1950 | 4866 | 0.001388953 | 31 | 4835 | -99% |
| 1951 | 5776 | 0.001567972 | 41 | 5735 | -99% |
| 1952 | 6317 | 0.001663242 | 16 | 6301 | -99% |
| 1953 | 6105 | 0.001584215 | 24 | 6081 | -99% |
| 1954 | 6115 | 0.001536159 | 31 | 6084 | -99% |
| 1955 | 7948 | 0.001979537 | 28 | 7920 | -99% |
| 1956 | 8417 | 0.002041456 | 32 | 8385 | -99% |
| 1957 | 9038 | 0.002150807 | 40 | 8998 | -99% |
| 1958 | 11117 | 0.002689226 | 38 | 11079 | -99% |
| 1959 | 12957 | 0.003116168 | 41 | 12916 | -99% |
| 1960 | 15411 | 0.003710083 | 51 | 15360 | -99% |
| 1961 | 17279 | 0.004171353 | 63 | 17216 | -99% |
| 1962 | 17604 | 0.004362423 | 69 | 17535 | -99% |
| 1963 | 18408 | 0.004650599 | 67 | 18341 | -99% |
| 1964 | 19688 | 0.005064301 | 60 | 19628 | -99% |
| 1965 | 24722 | 0.006819017 | 83 | 24639 | -99% |
| 1966 | 27972 | 0.008047979 | 105 | 27867 | -99% |
| 1967 | 29547 | 0.008703357 | 130 | 29417 | -99% |
| 1968 | 31599 | 0.009353208 | 132 | 31467 | -99% |
| 1969 | 35848 | 0.010315012 | 174 | 35674 | -99% |
| 1970 | 41968 | 0.011636722 | 217 | 41751 | -99% |
| 1971 | 48494 | 0.014128492 | 270 | 48224 | -99% |
| 1972 | 52423 | 0.016679319 | 250 | 52173 | -99% |
| 1973 | 48584 | 0.016104016 | 275 | 48309 | -99% |
| 1974 | 48878 | 0.016078295 | 288 | 48590 | -99% |
| 1975 | 46879 | 0.015525963 | 302 | 46577 | -99% |
| 1976 | 45470 | 0.014985334 | 276 | 45194 | -99% |
| 1977 | 47003 | 0.014797132 | 278 | 46725 | -99% |
| 1978 | 47534 | 0.014976669 | 298 | 47236 | -99% |
| 1979 | 50981 | 0.015323414 | 314 | 50667 | -99% |
| 1980 | 49394 | 0.014339937 | 312 | 49082 | -99% |
| 1981 | 50513 | 0.014601771 | 292 | 50221 | -99% |
| 1982 | 59659 | 0.01700674 | 430 | 59229 | -99% |
| 1983 | 59747 | 0.017251272 | 418 | 59329 | -99% |
| 1984 | 60409 | 0.017315347 | 390 | 60019 | -99% |
| 1985 | 60031 | 0.0168196 | 415 | 59616 | -99% |
| 1986 | 57106 | 0.016054189 | 409 | 56697 | -99% |
| 1987 | 54872 | 0.01521849 | 378 | 54494 | -99% |
| 1988 | 53369 | 0.014443404 | 354 | 53015 | -99% |
| 1989 | 53426 | 0.013896927 | 242 | 53184 | -99% |
| 1990 | 52547 | 0.013294698 | 188 | 52359 | -99% |
| 1991 | 47268 | 0.012134733 | 158 | 47110 | -99% |
| 1992 | 42603 | 0.011090854 | 130 | 42473 | -99% |
| 1993 | 38348 | 0.01017113 | 112 | 38236 | -99% |
| 1994 | 34909 | 0.009390065 | 103 | 34806 | -99% |
| 1995 | 32781 | 0.008951287 | 104 | 32677 | -99% |
| 1996 | 30976 | 0.008493102 | 74 | 30902 | -100% |
| 1997 | 29165 | 0.008043855 | 59 | 29106 | -100% |
| 1998 | 27061 | 0.007357117 | 54 | 27007 | -100% |
| 1999 | 25669 | 0.006949086 | 65 | 25604 | -99% |
| 2000 | 24987 | 0.006610485 | 50 | 24937 | -100% |
| 2001 | 23172 | 0.006190111 | 40 | 23132 | -100% |
| 2002 | 21718 | 0.005809607 | 29 | 21689 | -100% |
| 2003 | 20795 | 0.005469031 | 42 | 20753 | -100% |
| 2004 | 19733 | 0.005164459 | 97 | 19636 | -99% |
| 2005 | 19220 | 0.004998901 | 47 | 19173 | -100% |
| 2006 | 19727 | 0.004986364 | 39 | 19688 | -100% |
| 2007 | 20054 | 0.005016406 | 25 | 20029 | -100% |
| 2008 | 18005 | 0.00458065 | 39 | 17966 | -100% |
| 2009 | 16390 | 0.00429038 | 23 | 16367 | -100% |
| 2010 | 14307 | 0.003871215 | 11 | 14296 | -100% |
| 2011 | 13043 | 0.003565812 | 17 | 13026 | -100% |
| 2012 | 11938 | 0.003264097 | 19 | 11919 | -100% |
| 2013 | 10893 | 0.002987931 | 15 | 10878 | -100% |
| 2014 | 10403 | 0.002806785 | 16 | 10387 | -100% |
| 2015 | 9866 | 0.002665829 | 15 | 9851 | -100% |
| 2016 | 9114 | 0.00248426 | 13 | 9101 | -100% |
| 2017 | 8315 | 0.002325097 | 8315 | -100% | |
| 2018 | 7342 | 0.00208823 | 9 | 7333 | -100% |
| 2019 | 7020 | 0.002022511 | 5 | 7015 | -100% |
| 2020 | 6224 | 0.001863151 | 11 | 6213 | -100% |
| 2021 | 5867 | 0.001731726 | 11 | 5856 | -100% |
| 2022 | 5584 | 0.00165054 | 5 | 5579 | -100% |
| 2023 | 5197 | 0.001569523 | 6 | 5191 | -100% |
| 2024 | 5054 | 0.001518401 | 5054 | -100% |